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,N-EW ADVERTISEMENTS., TO PHYSICIANS, Si York, August 15, 1S6S. Allow me to eall vour attention to mv PREP ARATION' OF COMPOUND EXTRACT BU CHl. Tbe component part are, BUCllU, Long Leaf CC15KBS, J CNIPKK BEEKIES. Mode of Hrvpamtion : Buchu, in vacuo. Ju niper Berries, by distillation, to form a fine gin. Cubeb extracted by displacement with spirits obtained from Juniper Berries ; very littlo sugar is used, and a small proportion of spirit. It is more palatable than any now in use. Buchu as prepared by Druggists, U of a dark color. It is a plant that emits its fragrance ; tbe action of a flame destroys this (its active principle) leaving a dark and glntiuons decoction. Mine is the color of ingredients. The Buchu in mv nren- aration predominates ; tbe smallest quantity of the other ingredients are added to prevent fer mentation ; upon inspection it will be found not to be a Tincture, as made in Pharmacopa:a, nor is it a Syrup and therefore can be used in cases where fever or inflammation exists, in this?, you have the knowledgo of the ingredients and tbe mode ef preparation. Hoping that jrm will favor it with a trial, and that upon inspection it will meet with your appro bation, with a feeling of profound confidence, I am very respectfully, H. T. HELM BOLD, Chemist and Druggist of 19 Years Experience. We will have a crop c-f comets iu dua j season. One vsas recently Jiscovreed at 1 Carlsrulie, though the same one, the : Providence Journal informs ua, waa found in the cncostllation of the Virgin. That j paper adds that "if it conies nearer to the ; earth, increases m size, or sweeps the heavens with a majestic tail, it will be a graud tit-bit for the physicists." Fame is like ua eel hard to catclx and harder still to hold. , NEW TO-DAY. BET - J!StsOOO ON THE ELECTION ! (From the largest Manufacturing Chemists in fh World.) November 4, 1S34. "I am acquainted with Mr. II. T. Helnibol d lie occupied the drug store opposite my residence and was successful In conducting the busines where others had not been equally so before him I have been favorably impressed with bis charac ter and enterprise." WILLIAM WEIGHTMAX, Firm of Powers A Wetglitiuan, Manufacturing Ccmisfs, Xiuth and Bruwu-sts., I'biladelph ia Any oue tvlio wauls to win can do so by calling; on It. O. IIILL & SON, HO, thankful for past patronage, still in- w w vita the attention of Linn county et (., to their unequalled stock of - DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, PAINT & VARNISH BRUSHES, PAINTS. OILS, VARNISHES, ALCOHOL, KEROSENE, WINDOW GLASS, TRUSSES, FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, ETC. Agents for Dr. D. Jayue & Son's preparations, II. II. II. Horse Medicines, ete. Do you like medicine for its bitter or nauseat ing taste? Wo have that description. Do you want tbe effect with an aromatto tate? After taking a few doses of our Elixir, 'twill be so. very pleasant tbat your prejudices Must surely turn awry, and tbe preparation Will lose tbe name o' physic, (but not the cfTeet.) Physicians and customers from tbe country may rest assured tbat their orders will be prompt ly attended to. Prescriptions carefully and cor rectly compounded. Have you tbe impolite guest called acorn? We sell "Corn ?Iayer," wbieh surely docs tbe work, without pain. Do you desire a book of any kin7, a Cold Pen, an Album, Stationery, or such? W. S. Driggs is with us, for the accommodation of all favoring bim with a eall. Do you want a fine Watch, a set of Jewelry, cheap or dear? J. D. Titus sells the same, under the same roof. ; Come and sec us. Buy a Book. Buy a Watch. Buy a Pill. Buy something or nothing, but come and sec us, anyway. A well sprinkled floor and a cool drink of water in tbe summer, and a warm stove surrounded by comfortable chairs in winter constantly kept for the accommodation of all. Albany, May 14, '70-36 HELMBOLD'S FLUID EXTRACT B U C II U , For weakness arrising from indiscretion. The ex hausted powers ot Nature wbieh are accompanied by so many alarming symptoms, among which will be found. Indisposition to Exertion, Loss of Memory, Wakefulness, Horror of Disease, or 'Forebodings of Evil ; in fact. Universal Lassitude Prostration, and inability to enter into tbe enjoy ments of society. . ,. The Constitution once effected with Organic Weakness, requires the aid of Medicine to strengthen and invigorate the system, which HELM HOLD'S EXTRACT BU CHU invariably does. If no treatment is sub mitted to, Consuintion or Insanity ensues. ' - Uelrabold's Fluid Extract Buchu En affections peculiar to Females, is unequalled by any other preparation, as in Chlorosis, or Reten tion, Painfulness, or Suppression of Customary evacuations, l lcerated or Scirrus state of the Uterus, and all complaints incidental to the sex, off the decline or change of life. I2EIiEI10,I'S S'luid Extract or IXiicku, AND Improved Rose Wash, will radically exterminate from the system dis eases arising from habits of dufipaUon, at little expense, little or no change in-diet, no inconven ience or exposure ; completely superseding, those unpleasant and dangerous remedies, Copaiva and Mercury, ia all these diseases. - XJ- & 12. Ilelmbold's Fluid Extract BucEiu id all diseases of these organs, whether existing ia male or female, from whatever cause eriginat iag, and no matter of how long standing. It is pleasant ia taste and odor, "immediate" ia action, and more strengthening than, any of the prepara tions of Bark or Iron. Those suffering from broken down or delicate constitutions, procure the remedy at once. The reader mast be aware that, however slight ma; be th. attack of tbe above diseases, it i cer tain to effitct the bodily health and mental powers. All the above diseases require the aid of a Di uretic. iieUn hold's Extract of Buchu bs the great Diuretic ; Sold by Draggists everywhere. Price fl.2i per bottle, or 0 bottle for $9.50. Delivered to any address. Describe symptoms ia all commu aieatiyns. y , . - , JUUUes JL T. JIELMBOLD, Brag and Chemical Warehouse, 694 Broadway, . -i a New York. EjyNoae are genuine nnless done np in steel ev graved wrapper, with fae-siiaile of my Chemical TShaeaoase, aad.igae. - 8v3y EL. T. HE C1HBOLD. The .Subaltern's l.essou. j laiups. -botue five vuara ay-o I w;:3 a sul:ltcru 1 '""O n- two in aniart-biug rcgitueut, aud qu-.irU;reil in alargo garrisou towu in' England. My duties consisted of the usual round of morning aud afternoon parades, visitiug the men's dinners and teas, and other regular work. In addition to this, we bad occasionally to mount guard,- and to pass twentyiour hours in a sort of half imprisonment. It is one of the regulations of the serv ice that when officers or men are on guard, they should always be in a state of read iness to "fall in" on parade at a moment's notice. If you feel very sleepy and de sire rest, you must take it whilst you are buttoned up to the throat and strapped down at the heels ; a lounge in an arm chair, probably a little horizontal refresh ment upon a sofa, are the extent of test which an officer on guard is supposed to indulge iu. " Among my brother subalterns in gar rison, it was our usual practice to in fringe upon this strict letter of the law : and, when the principal part of our duty had been accomplished, we used to in dulge ourselves by divcstiDg our limbs of their armor, and seeking refreshment SCTTS5SSWHssK!aHi3SS 1..V ,'! r. h. Mcdonald & co., WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS SAN rSAHCISCO, CAi., Catl the attention of Tealers to their large assort. ment of " Newly Arrived.' Goods, composed In part of the following articles, together with every thlner kept in a well supplied WlIOLt. SALE DRlt; STOKE. FBsn Dhvgs, I TraiiJli PkkpakatK8 PaTIST MEDICTNKS, I DHl'G61BT9' sundkucs, TRl SSMt SrPPOBTlUtS I Sbakir Heebs, F.sokktiai, Oils, I Pmfcbeiib, Kibosiki Oii ) Paihts AXIl OILS, WWch we offer at the lowest Cash Prices, and are determined not to be undersold. K. H. McDOXAUD CO., Sax raajtcisco, Cal FOR SALE, Our Irug Business located ia San Fran cisco, Cal. Alter our best wishes', and express ing our thanks fur the liberal patronage we bave received for more than twenty-one years, during which period we bave been steadily engaged in the Drug hesinctn CnlitV-rnia, we beg to say in consequence of tho rapid growth of Dr. Walker's California Vinegar Bitters, now spread over the United States and countries far beyond, we are necessitaicd to devoto our entire time to Said business. We are the Oldest Drug firm on the FaeiSo Coast and the only one, continuous under the Same proprietors since 1349. and have determined to sell our hirse, prosperous, and well established business on favorable term?. This is a rare opportunity for men with means, of entering into a profitable business with advan tages never before offered, i'or particulars enquire of It. II. ATeDOXALD A CO., H. If. MeDos A.LP, ) Wholesale Druggists, J. C. fi'BSCER, j Pan l'rancisco, Cal. X. It. Until a sale is made we shall continue our importations and keep a large stock of fresh goods constantly on band, and sell at prices to defy competition. The Great Medical Discovery! Sr. WALKEK'3 CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERS, 2 Hundreds of Thousands jf 7 Bear testimony to their Wonder- 1 kvet oo fal Curative Bflects. , g g a iYVHA I AKb TMtY ?ge s at a E5 THEV ABB NOT A VILE FANCY DRINK Hade of Poor Bam, Whinker, Proof Bptrlts mad Uefsiae I.iquora doctored, ispicod and sweetened to please tbe taste, called " Ton ics,'' Appetizers," Bestorers, ac that lead the tippler on toabrnnkenness and ruin, but are a true Medicine, made from the Native Roots and Herbs of California, free from" nil A leobollo Stimulants. They are the GREAT BLOOD FDKIFIEB and LIFE GITINQ PBIN. CIPLE a perfect Iienovator and Invbjormtor of the System, carrying oft all poisonous matter and restoring- the stood to a healthy condition. No person can take these Bitters according to direc tion and remain-long unwell. Vsrliflannutsrr nnd Chronic Rlteu. niatlsm and Gent, Dyspepsia, or Indl ceettsa. Bilious, llcmtttent and Inter, salttent Fevers. Diseases ef the Blood, Liver. Kidney, and Bladder, these Kit CerwbaT been most successful. Saefc Dls eases are caused by Vitiated Blood, which.. Is generally -produced try derangement of the, Digestive Organs. DYSPEPSIA OK INDIGESTION. Headache. Pain In the Shoulders, Coughs, Tight ness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad taste In tho Mouth Bilious At tacks, Palpitation of the Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain la the regions of the Kidney s, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the oft, springs of Dyspepsia. They Invigorate the Stomach and stimulate the . torpid liver and bowels, which render them of un equalled efficacy In cleansing the 'blood of all Imparities, and imparting new We and vigor to the whole system. . i FOB. SKIN DISEASES, Ernptions.Tetter, Salt-Rheum , Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Bolls, Carbuncles, Ring-Worms, ecald-Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Bcnrfs, DIscoloraUons of tne Skin. Humors and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by the use of these Bitters. One bottle In such cases will convince the most Incredulous of tueb? curative effects. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever you find its impurities bursting through tbe skin in Plm pies. Eruptions or Sores ; cleanse It when you find it obstructed and slnggish In the veins; cleanse it whan It Is foul, and yoar feeling will tell yoa when. Keep the blood pure and tho health of the system will follow. - t FIN, TAPE and other WORMS, lurking In the-systcm of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed and removed. For full directions, read carefully the circular around each bottle. J.WALKEB, Proprietor. H. H. MoDONALD CO.. Druggists and Gen. Agents, San Francisco, Csl and 83 and 81 Commerce Street, New York. , SOLD BT ALL DRUGGISTS A"D DEALERS. , that was placet! in the inner gaard-room It was part of the duties of an officer on guard-to visit all the sentries during the night, the time for visiting them be ing usually an hour or so after the field officer had Tisitcd the guard ; the field officer being a Colouel or Major yho was ou duty for the day, aud who came once by day and once by night to visit the guards, . and to see that all was as it should be. There was no exact limit to the number of times that this field-officer might visit tbe guards ; but it was the usual thinjr, and had become almost a custom for him to come once by day and once by night, so that after the last visit the subaltern usually waited an hour or so, walked round the limits of bis post, visited all his sentries, and then turned info bed. It was on a bitter cold morning iu Jan uary that my turn for guard came on. I marched niy men to their post, relieved the old guard, aud then, having gone through the regular duty and dined, en deavored to pass the time until the field officer had visited me. The previous evening I. had been at a ball in the town, and, in consequence, was very ..tired and looked with condsiderable longing to the period when I could refresh myself by unrobing and enjoying a good snooze. At length I heard the welcome chal lenge "Who conies there?" which ws answered by the response 'Hounds I" "What rounds ?" "Grand rounds V and "Guard, turn out!" was a signal which I willingly obeyed, for I knew that in about one hour afterward I should be in the arms of the god of sleep. Slipping on my cloak and cap, and grasping my sword, I placed myself" iu front ot the guard, and received the field officer, who briefly asked me if all was correct, directed me to dismiss my guard, and rode off without saying -"Good-night." Giving directions to the sergoant to wake me in an hour, for the purpose of visiting the sentries, I threw myself into my arm-chair, and tried to read a novel. The time passed very quickly, and I liaiTu uap or two, and the sergeant soon appeared with a lantern to conduct me round the sentries. It was a terrible night, the wind blow ing hard, whilst the snow aud sleet were driving along before it. The thermome ter was several degrees below freezing, and I felt that I deserved much from niy country for performing so conscientious ly my arduous duties. The sentries were very much scatteicd, aud I had to walk nearly two miles to visit them all. I ac complished my task, however, and re turned to the guard room, where I treat ed uivse'f to a glass of grog, aud, throw ing off my 'regimentals, I jumped into bed, feeling that I really deserved the luxury. In a few minutes I was fast asleep, not even dreamiug of any of my fair partners of the ball, but sound asleep. Suddenly I became conscious of a great noise, which sounded like a drum being beaten. At first I did not realize my position, and could not remember where I was, but at last it flashed across me that I was on guard, and that something was the mat ter. J umping out of the bed, I called to know who was there. The sergeant answered in a great hur ry, saying : "Sir the field-officer of the day is coming, and the guard is turning out." I rushed to my boots, pulled them on over my, unstockioged feet ; thrust my sword-arm into my large regimental cloak, which I pulled over me ; jammed my forage cap on my head, and, grasping my sword, looked to the outward observ er as though "fit for parade." I was just in time to receive the field officer, who again asked me if my guard was correct. I answered, rather in a tone of surprise, and said : "l'es, sir , all cor rect." I could not imagine why my guard should be visited twice, as such a proceeding was very unusual, and per haps my tone seemed to imply that I was surprised. Whether it was that, or whether a treacherous gust of wind re moved the folds of my cloak and exhibi ted the slightest taste in life of the end of my night-shirt 1 know not, but the field-officer, instead of riding off when be received my answer, thrust his horse's head. in the opposite direction and said : "Now, sir, I want you to accompany me round the sentries." Had he told me that he wauled me to accompany him to the regions below I should scarce have ' been more horror struck, for a!ready I had found the change of temperature between a warm bed in a warm room and the outside air ; and to walk two miles on a wiudy, frosty1 night, with no raiment besides boots night-shirt and cloak, was really suffering for one's country and no mistake. I dare not show the slightest hesitation, however, for fear the state of my attire might be suspected, though I would have given a week's pay to have escaped for only five minutes. A non-commissioned officer- was ready with a lantern, and we started on; our tour of inspection. J The field-officer asked several ques tions connected with the position and du ties of , the sentries, to which I gave answers as well as the chattering of my teeth would permit me. The most nerv ous work, however,, was passing the gas- e ingredients of u nice boiled diiitier everything prepared in tin; nicest manner, aud Lho pot filled with h were placed at intervals of jundi't-ii yurJ.. The wind was blowing so fresh that it was with dif- ticulty I could hold my cloak arouud me, j the cleanest of water, and all the ve'eta- and conceal tlic abseuce ot my undergar- bios as raw as tuey had ever been. My nients. Every now and then an extra j grandfather stared and my grandmother gust of wind came round the corner, and j joined another roll to the yarn upon the would quite defeat all tho precautions distaff, and began another verse of her that 1 nad adopted to encounter the to dodge in the shade as much as possible, and more than steady gale. I managed once ran the risk of being kicked by the ."This dinner isn't cooked at all.'' field-officer's horse, as I slunk behind him when the gas-light might have re revealed too much. It was terribly cold,, to be. sure, the wind and snow almost numbing my limbs. I had a kind of faint hope that the field officer might think that I belonged to a Highland regiment, and if he did observe the scantiness of my attire, he might be lieve that the kilt would explain it. I struggled and shivered on, knowing that all things must have an end, and that my "rounds" must come to an end ' before long. But I feared that I should not again get warm during the night. We had nearly completed our tour, and were within a few hundred yards of the cuard-room, wheu we passed the between the sheets of a little cam p-bed 1 field-officer's quarters. I fondly hoped song. "Why, woman, what docs this mean ?" Dcjran mv irrandtather imlKrn.itit.iv. - - - j - that he would not pass theni. and that he would dismiss me at the door, but I was rather surprised to see a light come from the windows, and to hear the sound of musie. I was certain that there was a "hop" going ou inside, and I already began- to tremble, from a sort of instinct, that even woise miafortunea were yet to attend me. My premonitions were true, for upon reaching his door my persecutor, in quite a cheeful tone, said : "Well, we've had a cold tour; you must now come in aud take a glass qf wine, and perhaps a waltz will warm you." "I'm really muck obliged," I hastily answered, "but I should not like to leave my guard." "Nonsense ! nonesense, man ! The guard will be all right. You must come in." This "must" he said in a quite a de termined tone. I felt desperate, and again declared that I thought I should be wrong to leave my guard. "I'll take the Responsibility," said the demon, "so come along j" saying which he grasped my arm and almost dragged me into the porch of his quarters. WThen we entered the bouse and were exposed to the light of the hall lamps, I fancied that I saw a slight twinkle in the eye of the officer, and I began to woader whether he really knew of my predica ment, ajjd wished to have his joke, lie, however, gave no other intimations that I saw, but quickly took off bis cloak and said that I had better do thc same. Seeing mo hesitate he said : "Come, look alive off with it." Further remonstrance, I found, would j be useless, so that there was no help for me but a full confession. Summoning my courage, and fearing to hesitate, I blurted out : "Colonel, I've no trousers on." ; "The duee ' you havn't !'' he said. "Well, you'd better go and put them on, and then come here as soon as possible, and have a glass of something warm." I rushed out o.his quarters, halfdeter Uiined not to return. I was fully awake now, and shivered like a half-drcwned du;r ; but no sooner had I dressed myself than the Colonel s servant came over to say that a quadrille was waitiug for me. I determined to put a bold face upon the matter, and entered the drawing room, where a party of about fifty had assembled. It was evident by the titters of the young ladies, the grins of the men, and the subdued smiles of the dowagers, that my storj- was known. The Colouel had told it as a good joke to the Major, who had whispered it to his wife ; she breathed it into the ear of two of her friends, and in about ten min utes every person in the room knew that a young subaltern had unwillingly gone the rounds in his night shirt. As long as I staid iothat garrison I was a standing joke. When the girls saw me they always looked away and smiled, and it seemed as impossible for me to ob tain a serious auswer from any of them as for a clown to preach a sermon. They even seemed afraid to dance with me, fearing, as I afterwards heard, to look at my leg3, lest I might be deficient in some article of raiment. I soon exchanged, and wcBt into another regiment ; and years afterwards heard my own adven ture related in a crowded room, all the details of the story being true except the name of the former my misfortune hav ing been attributed to an unfortunate fel low who died in India. I never went to bed on guard after that night. "Dear me, is it not ? W hy, it has set in the sun this four hours." "Set in the sun I" "Yes ! you told me to try the next best thiDg to a fire, and I thought set ting my dinner in the sun was about that." My grandfather stood doubtful for a moment, but finally his sense of bumor overcame his sense of injury, and he laughed aloud. Then picking up his hat he said : "Come, boys, we might as well start for the woods. : We shall have no dinner until we shall have earned it, I perceive." "Won't you have some bread and cheece before you go ?" asked my grand mother, generous in her victory, as wo men almost always are. And so she won tho day. - Directions for tlie Culture of Garden Seeds. Artichoke May be grown from seed or off-set suckers. Sow the seed early in season, iu a bed of good rich earth, iu drills of one inch deep and twelve inches apart, and transplaut the following Spring to a permanent place. Beans Beans like a dry soil. The dwarf varieties should be planted in drills and the running sorts may be setjin either hills or drills. Plant as soon as the ground is warm and the danger from frost past. j Beet Before! planting, the seed should be put in warm water, and allow ed to soak twenty-four hours. Plant in drills about two inches deep, and the rows twelve to fifteen inches apart. Thin out the plants to about six inches apart in the rows. M.ike the grouud rich and mellow to a good depth, and keep it loose and freed from weeds. Cabbage Tl e cabbago requires a deep, rich soil, and thorough working. Sow in open grou nd. When five or six inches high, tran -plant from twelve to thirty inches apart. Carrots Carrots succeed in a deep rich, mellow soil, well prepared. The seed comes up qu icker if soaked for a day or two, and theu mixed with plaster .or ashe3. Cauliflower Cauliflower requires a deep, very rich st-il, and the earth should be drawn well toward tho stem. Sow the seed in a hot bed or in an open border. Lift the plants carefully, with a trowel from where they were transplanted, and plant them eighti en inches apart each way : give a geulle watering, and press the soil down firu iy. Celery Sow either in hot-beds or in open grouud early in the season ; if sow ed in open groum it vegetate.-; slowly. As soon as the plants1 are three inches high set them out f;r temporary growth, placing them four inches apart, and pro tected a day or two'froiu the sun. When about six inches high, set them in trench es eight inches apart. Cl'Cumher Plant as soon us the ground is warm aud dauger from frost is past, in hills four feet apart, us'tu a shovciJul of well rotted manure to e;ich hill. Cover the mauure two inches deep with fiue earth, and plaut eight .or ten seeds ti each hill. The seeds should be covered about half an inch deep, and firmly pressed down with the back of the hoe. 2C.io Plant A tender plant, require ing sowing in a Eot-bed to produce an early crop. " . Lettuce A ver' rich soil is neces sary to produce a fine head Lettuce. Sow very early in the season, and when well out of the ground transplaut to one foot apart. Melons To obtain a fine crop early in the season, the same course as for cu cumbers. Onions The onion should have a clean, well fertilized soil. It is useless to try to grow a crop of onions on poor ground. Sow the 9ted very early in the season. Keep them thinned out, aud the ground mellow and free from weeds. Parsley The seeds germinate slowly and should have heat, if possible. Parsnip This favorite and nutri tious vegetable likes a deep soil, where it can go down without meeting stones or hard lumps; Hadisiies Sow in drills eight or ten inches apart, in rich light, and mellow soil, well broken by digging. Sow at in tervals of from ten to twelve days through out the season. to this country of all Canadian products, but lumber fell 70 per cent. Provincial btud and tonage declines; New England lost a large proportion of her food and raw material, and last year the emigra tion from Canada in the States rose to 40,000. Derby then asks the ques tion, if France and ilussia found it wise to yield their American possessions, why does not Great Britain take the hint? She talks of military 'railways, ' but '. she withdraws her troops from Canadian posts. .-; She can go further. She can leave commerce to build tho railways jtnd she may freely admit our manufac tured article to Canada in exchange .for their products. Why is there need of custom-houses? Why, in fact, ia there need of any political division ? The in terest of Canada is clearly in annexation. All our States and Territories gain pop ulation yearly. Each year we reclaim a territory as large as Ireland, and provide for a yearly growth of a million and a half. We have crossed the corn fields of Illinois, Iowa and Kansas, and entered the great pastoral region. This reaches up into Canada and the far Northwest. Ou the other hand, Canada loses popula tion. II er lumbermen let in the te.t light on new fields, and do settlers follow. j The young men leave the Provinces as fast as they can, and seek their fortune in the States. Were Canada a part of this Union, emigrants would fiock to it as they do now to Minnesota. Wherever our flaar waves, there enterprise and prosperity are to be found. To cross the. line is to encounter lethargy, aud inert ness. The energy which hag made this couutry what it is, waits to develop the capacities of the Dominion, and to turn her vast resources into realized wealth. Soft TuiNi. A bucking horse thvfir his rider in s California, latoly. A he fell on his head and sustained no injury, a "foot passenger," "doubtless euvioua of the height from which the fallen fell, suggested that he had "struck soft thing." - . : .. It is semi officially announced that it is impossible to fix the time of the meet ing of the Congress of Powers, in conse quence of the absence of the French rep resentative. ' "f : The height of impertinence ruin Btar ingns ia the face. ' 1 ---'-v.' '.. You can't easily vex a candle, though you may put it out. . ; NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. she old A Slack Husband Puuishcd. "Mr. Moncton," said my grandmother, "I have do wood to burn to-day. What shall I do?" "Oh, send Louisa round to pick up some," said the good mao, making a stride toward the door. . "But she has already picked . all can find." "Then let her break up some stuff." ''But she has broken up everything al ready." "Oh ! well, then do the next best thing I must be off," said the farmer ; aud off he was, whistling as he went, and no doubt wondering in his heart what the next best thing would turn out to be. Noon came, and with it my grandfath er and four hungry laborers. My grand mother stood in the kitchen, spinning on her great wheel, and singiog a pleas ant little ditty ; Louisa was scouring the back room, and the cat sat purring on the hearth before a black and fireless chimney, while the table sat in the mid dle -of the room, spread for dinner, with empty dishes. " Well, wife, here wo are," - said my grandfather, cheerily. , "So I see," replied she, placidly. "Ilave you had a good morning in the cornfield ?". , . , , "Why, yes, so, so. But where's the din ner ?" "In the pot on the doorstep. Won't you see if it is done?" And on the doorstep, to be sure, sat the great iron pot, nicely covered, ; but not looking '; particularly steamy. My grandfather raised tho cover and there Canada. Mr. Derby's paper on the Annexation of Canada, read at the So cial Science Congress in Philadelphia, was a strong plea for union. It showed clearly that Canada is a fair bride forthe United States, that she has a rieh dowry, and that she needs union to perfect her in all the good qualities that make a prosperous State. From the revenue report for 1869, it appears that 94 j.er cent, of the expeditures of the working classes were for food, clothes, shelter, fuel and light. The British North American Province, devoted to agricul ture, forests, fisheries and mines, yield much that we desire and require. On oue side ot the line between ys, 5D0O miles in leugth, there are forests of - pine and spruce; on the other is a region nearly denuded of its timber, opening into treeless prairies. Canada and her sister provinces yield the potato in abun dance, and furnish inexhaustible supplies of timber, oats, barley and fish. Iu Can ada, and the United States, foreign com merce languishes, and the tonage of each in that commerce declines, while the free inland trade cf the Union between forty six States aud Territories grows from year to year. A few years ago England pressed us at a, sensitives poiut the fisheries and extorted from'us a recip rocity treaty. That treaty was abrogated, and the pressure comes again at tho old point.- While the treaty lasted there was a brisk commerce between the two peoples. The tonage of the provinces doubled. The trade with England was stationary, but the exports to the States tripled, and the shipments to the States exceeded the ehipments to Eugland. In two years after tho treaty, tho shipments About Women, ; Miss Ada A. Iliply, who graduated at the Chicago Law School last Winter, has recently been admitted to practice in the Effingham Circuit Court. Miss Pauline Fletcher, aged fourteen, an adept in algebra, geometry, trigonom etry, etc., is the champion mathematic ian of Indiana. She Lives iu Lagrange county. Mrs. E. Tuppcr Wilkes is to be the Advent preachcrcss in Rochester, at a salary of $2,000 per annum, j The hurse shoe seems to be a favorite emblem with Mile. NiIssod. Many of her Jewels are set in this form. Miss Emma Stcbbins, the American sculptress, has announced her intention of residing permanently in New York. "Miss Kitty Wrilson of Lagrange county, Ind., cowhided a married man a few days ago for writing her a tender epistle. Mrs. Maria A. Stetson, of Washington, has recently lectured in Boston before a large audience on "A Man of Force." A lady exhibited at the District Fair held in Dcs Moines, Iowst tto.cmplements of her own manufacture an improved wood sawing machine and a space-saving clothes mangle. Princess Marguerita is to receive from the ladies of Home, on the day of her en try into the city, an elegantly embroidered carpet, adoruel with tho arms of one hundred Italian cities. Mits MoHic Moore, the Texan pottcss who was offered the position of librarian to the Mercantile Association of Galves ton, has declined on account of "pressing hou-:chol 1 duties." " Miss O'Gorinau's lecture on "Convent Life" was delivered recently in Chicago. Among other things fhe says : "I have known six sisters to be in love with the same priest at Hie same time." The editress of the South ISend, Indi ana, ''National Uniou," says she is tryiug to remember who it was that promised her a baby carriage. Her baby is get ting too heavy flr har to carry- about in her arms. i A Boston girl asks the following per tinent questions of other Boston girls: "Could you love a man who wore false hair on his head when ho had enough of his own? Who pinched his feet with small shoes ; his. bands with small gloves, his waist with corsets; and then, as if he had not already deformed himself enough, tied a huge bustle to his back, aud thrust tiny mountains of wire into his bosom !" Widow Jone's Cow. Widower Smith's wagon stopped one moruing before Widow Jones', and gave the usual signal that he wanted somebody in the house, by dropping his elbows on his knees. - Out tripped the widow, as lively as a cricket, with a tremendous black ribbon on her snow-white cap. "Good morning" was soou said on both sides, and the widow waited for what was further to be said. ''Well, Ma'am Jones; perhaps you don't want to sell one of your cows, no how, no'.hin no way, do you ?" "Well, there, Mister Smith you couldn't have spoken my mind better. A poor lone widow like me does not know what to do with so many creatures, and -1 should be glad to trade, if we can fix it." So they adjourned to the meadow Farmer Smith looked at Roan then at the widow then at the Downing cow then at the widow again and so on over the whole forty. The same call was made every day -for a week, but Farmer Smith could not decide which cow he wanted. At length, on Saturday," when widow Jones was in. a hurry to get through her baking for Sunday, acd had ever so much to do in tho house, as all farmers' wives and widows have on Sat urday, she was a little impatient. FarnTer Smith waa as irresolute as ever. "That Downing cow is a pretty fair creature but " he stopped and glanced at the widow's face, and then walked round he,r not the widow, but the cow. "That1 'ere short horned Durham ia not a bad looking beast, but I don't know" another look at the widow. The Darling cow I knew before the late Dr. Jones bought her." Here ho sighed at the allusion to the late Mr. Jones. She sighed, and they both look ed at each other. It was a highly inter esting moment. , "Oldlloan is a faithful old milch, and so ia brindla but I have known better." I A long Btaro succeeded this speech the pause was getting awkward, and at tast Mrs. Jones broke out : "Law 1 Mr. Smith, if I'm the cow you want, do say so ! The inteutions of widower Smith and the widow Jones were duly published next day, as is the law aud custom ia Massachusetts, and as soon as they were "out published," they were married. Ar. T. Dhpatch. THE "SINGER" NEW Family Scwin&r Macii, With Attacbmemts for all kind of Work, Is fast winning favor in the household, as shown by the sales of last year, amounting to eighty-six thousand, t - 1... Anrl n I. . T, fna . . .. nevcu uuuuicu auu vijuij vuw machines, which far exceed those of any other Company. TLis new FAMILY MACHINE is cafaMeof k range and variety of work such as was thought impossible a short time ago, to perform by ma ebioery. , We claim, and can shew those whom il may concern, that it is tho cheapest, most Ixiauti ful, delicately arranRcd, nicely adjusted, oasilj operated, and smoothly running of all the fsroil; Sewing Machines. It is remarkable, not only fo the ranjre and variety of its sewing, but also fo tho variety and different KINIM OF TEXTt'Rl: which it will sew with equal facility and perfec tion, using Silk Twist, L'mon or Cotton Thread, fine or coarse, making the IN 1 KK I.OCKED-ELASTIC-STITCH, alike on both sides of tbo tabric sewn. Thus beaver cloth, or leather, may be sewn with great strength and uniformity of stitch, and in a moment this willing and never wearring machine may lo adjusted for floe work on gauze or gossamer tissue, or the tucking of tarelutan, or ruffling, or almost any other work which delicate fingers bave been known to per form. Purchasers can soon be convinced that our new Family machine embodies NEW and essential principles simplicity of construction case of operation uniformity of I'RECISE action atntiy speed capacity for range and variety 'of work, fine or coarse, leaving all rivals behind it, The Void In j Cases. Tho New Family Machine may be bad in a va riety of folding covers and cases.' Some show in polished surface only the grain and tint of the wood, while others are finished in all the elabora tion of art The Attachments Fur Itcmnv.ng, Felling, KufHing, Itmiiiing, liiml in, C'or'lir.gtTalhcrlu, Tucking, Embroidering. Ac, are not only numerous, but now brought to great, perfection. Most of them can be attached or detached by a simple move of the band. Tba quality of the work can only bo fully apprceiated on observation and examination. Machine Twist. Linen Thrctit, .,. Ci'ltum, Oil. f'C. We have and sh;ill hap in stock at our Central Office, and Agencies, (on spools of various size). Twist of all sixes and colors J.iricu Thread, Spoul Cotton, Oil, and all other articles uccefsary ia the ue of our machine:. Wo wUh it un'k-rctood ibut we muiiufactnre the Twist sold by us ; that we fhiill aim to have it excel in quality tnd exceed in quantity, for a given price, that of other inauufueturers, and that the Twist ui.tile by u in our new aud exionsivo mills, supplied as liier are with tbe in out improved machinery aud skilled labor can Le relied on for the desirable qualities of uniformity of ize, even lieu, lcngtiiuf thread as inurked on each spool strength, excellence of color, and beauty of Eni.-h" THE SIXOER MAXUFACTrRIStl CO.. oct29-8-3m Ko. 458 Broadway, Xew'ork. SAX FKAXCI.SCO OFFICE", Xo. I.tD Montgomery street. . , MIS. S. A. JOIIiVS, Agent for Albany. THE NEW FOOD. For a few cent3 you can buy of your Grocer or Eruglst a package of SEA H0S3 TASINE made from pure Irish Hoss or Carrageen, which will make sixteen quarts of Elanc Mange, and a like quantity cf Puddings Custards, Creams, Charlott3 Husse, &c. It isto cheapest, healthiest and most delicious food in the world. It makes a splendid Dessert, and has no equal as a light" an 1 delicate food for Invalids and Children. A Glorious Char 2:3 ! the cni:AT ivo:u,;; tomc. Plantation Bitters. Tiiis tvoijtlfrfal vegetable rc 8tomic ii t!to siteet-ancltor f tle feeble and tlebiUtateiJ. As it tonic nntl cordial for :ie sel and lausKid, I:a no ctjiial a,tioii; stomachics. A st remedy, for ilte lien otis vt c;:Xises . tf . v women Rre cf j:et ii: J i y hsiIj Icct, it i sMiK-rsediiiR every ot Jter sjimulaiit. IaoIlciisrtii-e;trc:I ca', tcMsseat-V -f ;;:,", it r.ct aj v t;ii-t-i ia every freelc ef r:.:?." xi liiel ;;.('.! :iii!mn tJsit ; c ' ' ". ' - :"-. 11 !t r.t'.i I:rrct::i Tov. t :t:l t Vc? l-t. ' - -